Dirt, cousins, and more dirt!

Eli has always loved dirt...so much, that I'm pretty sure this love began upon conception. As you can see, he expressed his love at a very early age:

It clearly wasn't a phase...as you can see by the dirt all over his face!

This love has been passed on to his brother...

Give Miles some dirt, he's happy...but give him some dirt and a ball, he's in his glory!

Eli took a break from the dirt to share his drink with little Matthew...

and tried to keep him clean when he dribbled a little bit!

(Make sense of that one!)

At least Peej thought it was funny, lol!

I love watching our boys grow up together!! Here they are walking to the pond...

and around the pond...

and back to the house. *melt* So sweet!

Of course Grammy took Miles around the pond too!!

Back from the pond, and back to more dirt...but first, Eli wanted to take Grace for a ride!

As you can see by her expression, she loved it!

Back at it again...watching a rocket balloon I launched for them.

And finally, Eli fixing his glasses...notice the random glove on his hand? He wouldn't take it off, lol! Oh these boys! They're always good for a laugh!

Enjoying the weather!

It was beautiful outside today, so we called over Uncle Matt and Peej to enjoy the weather with us! It was nice to have all of the boys finally feeling better, so we were taking full advantage of this opportunity! (Matt and little Matthew got the same stomach bug we had...yuck!)

Miles, looking like a little meditating buddha

This foot looks like it would taste good....
Yum!!

Eli having a serious conversation with Uncle Matt!

A gentle push...

Weeeee!!

Miles enjoyed being pushed by Eli as well...

Although the happiness didn't last!

Fun Fall Friday part 1

We had a great day today, but we did a few different activities and of course I took a ton of pictures, hence the two part day. We started this BEAUTIFUL fall day by going outside early. With Ohio weather, you never know what the forecast may bring, so we wanted to take advantage of this Indian summer type of day just in case it rained. After being outside for a bit, Callista, Bella and Lucy were on their way to join us for some lunch and testing out some of Eli's new birthday toys. While the kids were eating, Callista and I witnessed their first conversation ever. A real conversation, that was absolutely adorable, and all about cars. I tried to capture a picture of it...but they wouldn't cooperate. Instead, you get to see them stuffing their faces!





After our play date and the boys' naps, I wanted to take a few pictures of Miles, as he's gaining so much strength, the beast will be sitting on his own in no time! Here's my little man doing his "tripod" sit:

Of course Eli had to join in too!!

*melt*

Then we went back outside, as it was in the low 70's, and there was a beautiful breeze. Eli wanted to play with his new mower...

And his new motorcycle...
He was ALL smiles

even more smiles...

even smiling when he fell!

Mr. Miles was enjoying the weather as well!

My goofy boy!